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A woman carries a child as she walks past a boy selling yogurt along a street in Aleppo's Bab al-Hadeed district December 10, 2014.

Selasa , 23 Dec 2014, 03:35 WIB

WHO says Syria approves medicine deliveries to Aleppo, other areas

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, BEIRUT -- The Syrian government has approved the delivery of medicine and surgical supplies to three areas of the country aid workers were previously unable to reach regularly,...

Senin , 22 Dec 2014, 16:46 WIB

IMF policies criticized over ebola outbreak

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, LONDON -- International Monetary Fund (IMF) policies left healthcare systems in the African countries worst affected by Ebola underfunded and lacking doctors, and hampered a coordinated response to the outbreak, researchers said Monday. Links between the IMF and the rapid spread of the disease were examined by researchers from Cambridge University's sociology department, with colleagues from Oxford University and the...

Sabtu , 06 Dec 2014, 20:41 WIB

Cuban Ebola patient recovers after experimental treatment in Geneva

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, GENEVA -- A Cuban doctor who received experimental...

Selasa , 25 Nov 2014, 05:21 WIB

FDA: Doctors should not use laparoscopic power morcellators

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, TRENTON -- US regulators on Monday strengthened their...

Kamis , 13 Nov 2014, 19:55 WIB

Minister: Indonesia ready to prevent Ebola spreading

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Government stated that Indonesia was ready...

The bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae, a common cause of pneumonia, imaged by an electron microscope (file)

Selasa , 04 Nov 2014, 17:30 WIB

Bali to host World Pneumonia Day campaign on Nov 7

An exterior view of Bellevue Hospital in New York City, October 23, 2014.

Jumat , 24 Oct 2014, 09:35 WIB

Ebola test positive for New York doctor

A school official takes a pupil's temperature using an infrared digital laser thermometer in front of the school premises, at the resumption of private schools, in Lagos in this September 22, 2014 file photo.

Selasa , 21 Oct 2014, 09:01 WIB

Nigeria declared Ebola-free, holds lessons for others

Dr. Peter Piot, director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK. (file)

Sabtu , 18 Oct 2014, 10:50 WIB

WHO fails to respond to Ebola spread

Airport physician Dr. Bargain (right) demonstrates the use of a thermometer to highlight measures to screen passengers for the Ebola virus, at the Charles de Gaulle airport, north of Paris, France, Friday, Oct. 17, 2014.

Sabtu , 18 Oct 2014, 00:30 WIB

News Guide: A look at latest Ebola developments

In this Aug. 19, 2014 file photo, people do business at the Waterside local market in the center of Monrovia, Liberia.

Selasa , 14 Oct 2014, 00:20 WIB

Ebola deflating hopes for three poor African economies

Dr. Joel Montgomery (left), team leader for the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Ebola Response Team in Liberia. (photo is released on Sept. 16, 2014)

Selasa , 23 Sep 2014, 15:03 WIB

Study: Ebola could strike 20,000 in six weeks

US President Barack Obama speaks at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia, September 16, 2014.

Rabu , 17 Sep 2014, 17:31 WIB

Obama: Ebola outbreak a threat to global security

A UN convoy of soldiers passes a screen displaying a message on Ebola on a street in Abidjan August 14, 2014.

Selasa , 16 Sep 2014, 19:33 WIB

Obama to send 3,000 troops to tackle Ebola

Selasa , 16 Sep 2014, 11:15 WIB

Two Apple medical trials shed light on how HealthKit will work

Electron micrograph of an Ebola virus virion (illustration)

Kamis , 04 Sep 2014, 07:25 WIB

UN says 600 million USD needed to tackle Ebola as deaths top 1,900

Rabu , 03 Sep 2014, 18:36 WIB

Thailand finds a suspected Ebola patient

Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF) health workers prepare at ELWA's hospital isolation camp during the visit of Senior United Nations (UN) System Coordinator for Ebola, David Nabarro, in Monrovia August 23, 2014.

WHO shuts Sierra Leone lab after worker infected with Ebola

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, FREETOWN/KINSHASA - The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday it had shut a laboratory in Sierra Leone after a health worker there was infected with Ebola, a move that may hamper efforts to boost the global response to the worst ever outbreak of the disease. At least 1,427 people have died and 2,615 have been infected since...

A sign marks the entrance to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. (File photo)

Sabtu , 16 Aug 2014, 01:02 WIB

Report: US scientist kept quiet about flu blunder

Kamis , 14 Aug 2014, 17:31 WIB

University researchers develop Lupus diagnosis kit

Medicine for patients are lined up for distribution at the HIV/AIDS ward in a hospital. (illustration)

Selasa , 12 Aug 2014, 21:36 WIB

HIV/AIDS spread among students in Ternate

Doctor for tropical medicine Florian Steiner (right) and ward physician Thomas Klotzkowski step out of a disinfection chamber at the Charite hospital in Berlin August 11, 2014.

Selasa , 12 Aug 2014, 17:01 WIB

Indonesia calls for awareness of MERS-CoV and ebola spread

Ahad , 10 Aug 2014, 16:03 WIB

Thailand to declare ebola as 'dangerous communicable disease'

Medical staff working with Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF) prepare to bring food to patients kept in an isolation area at the MSF Ebola treatment center in Kailahun, Sierra Leone July 20, 2014. (File photo)

Kamis , 31 Jul 2014, 19:21 WIB

Sierra Leone declares state of emergency over Ebola

Some cigarette packages show graphic health warnings. (Illustration)

Selasa , 24 Jun 2014, 21:20 WIB

Indonesia rolls out graphic health warnings on cigarette packs

Senin , 23 Jun 2014, 23:58 WIB

Indonesians the world's top smokers

A microscopic picture of spores and vegetative cells of Bacillus anthracis which causes the disease anthrax is pictured in this undated file photograph.

Jumat , 20 Jun 2014, 08:41 WIB

US says government lab workers possibly exposed to anthrax

Sabtu , 07 Jun 2014, 12:37 WIB

Psoriasis linked to worse quality of life for family members, too

A man wearing a mask looks on as he stands in front of camels at a camel market in the village of al-Thamama near Riyadh May 11, 2014.

Kamis , 05 Jun 2014, 05:35 WIB

Saudi study strengthens case against camels in MERS outbreak

Two overweight women hold a conversation in New York, USA. (Illustration)

Jumat , 30 May 2014, 00:06 WIB

Thirty percent of world is now fat, no country immune

The Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) coronavirus is seen in an undated transmission electron micrograph from the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).

Ahad , 18 May 2014, 23:40 WIB

Scientists worry about milder cases of MERS

Kamis , 15 May 2014, 23:42 WIB

Thirty five new HIV/AIDS cases found in Sukabumi

An isolation room for Suspect MERS-Cov, at H Adam Malik Hospital in Medan, North Sumatra (file photo)

Kamis , 08 May 2014, 21:54 WIB

Health condition of patients with suspected MERS improving

Kamis , 08 May 2014, 15:21 WIB

Saudi Arabia finds another 18 MERS cases as disease spreads

A silhouette of nucleo family consists of father, mother, and their children (illustration)

About 48 percent of Indonesian women marry under 15

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - About 48 percent of Indonesia women get married under 15 year old and 5 percent are even married under 14 year old. Underage marriage is among a number of factors causing high Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) and Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) in Indonesia. Head of National Population and Family Planning Agency (BKKBN) Fasli Jalal underlined the importance...

Counterfeit drugs are usually cheaper than the original ones. (Illustration)

Kamis , 27 Feb 2014, 00:18 WIB